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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1942.
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Billy Hulen Says:
Hardy, Drolette
Provide Craters
Great Umpiring
One of the biggest headache!
in semi-pro baseball and, we
imagine, in the professional
leagues of lower classification,
as well, is the scarcity of com
petent umpires.
Rather a thankless Job at best,'
what with the grandstand and
bleacher "wolves" howling their
heads off at every opportunity,
the players doing their share of
beefing and the remuneration
not making the recipient rich,
it is tough for a "bush league
or team to obtain arbiters with
thorough knowledge of the
game and its rules.
In this respect Medford is ex
tremely fortunate this season in
being able to hire the services
of Ashland's Bob Hardy, who
has spent two seasons with
Beaumont of the class A-l Texas
league. The beauty of Hardy's
work behind the plate Is that,
being a pitcher, himself, he
gives the corners to the flingers
whose balls and strikes be is
calling.
Most hurlers, and their
catchers, are prone to ques
tion every close pitch which
is called against them, but
seldom this year has Hardy
been taken to task. There has
also been a minimum of yelps
from the stands. Hardy calls
them the way he sees them,
and he sees the corners with
an uncanny eye, with the xe
, suit that his umpiring has
been highly satisfactory with
players and fans alike.
With, those two seasons of
professional baseball forming a
firm background, Hardy knows
the rules from A to Z, knows
what to do in every situation
and, of no little importance,
keeps the game moving, the
players hustling on and off the
field. In case that left flipper
of his doesn't come around after
a years rest, and he wants to
remain in organized baseball,
he might find the path to the
lop via umpiring.
Hardy Isn't the only capable
armier available to the Craters
Last week, in the Nangano Dray
age series, his umpirlng-mate
was none other than Al Drolette
of Grants Pass, for many years
one of southern Oregon's lead
ing semi-pro players and who,
for the last three seasons, has
been "calling 'em" In the class
C California State and Pioneer
leagues.
The California wheel, where
Al had been umpiring this year,
folded up July 1 because of
poor attendance m a couple of
towns and' the loss of many
players to the armed forces.
This released Al to return to his
home and, incidentally, to do
some "man in blue" work for
the Craters.
Drolette said he had an
offer to finish the season in
the Pioneer circuit and hadn't
yet decided whether to accept
or spend the rest of the sum
mer at his home, umpiring
for the Craters on the side.
Here's hoping he chooses to
releci the Pioneer loop offer.
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Pelicans
for with ha and Hardy team,
ing up the Craters will cer
tainly have the most capable
umpiring in the Oregon-California
league.
Although there is absolutely
no question of Drolette's ability
as a balls-and-strikes umpire, he
got in hot water last Sunday
right off the bat. Several "calls
he made on Steve Crippen
pitches didn't meet with the ap
proval of Crippen, Catcher
Norm Worthley, Manager Dutch
Lieber and the fans. Maybe Al
missed a couple or several, we
won't attempt to Judge, but re
gardless you can rest assured
that If he continues to work
Crater games the umpiring will
be A number 1. If you don't be
lieve it ask any player.
Promoter Mack Llllard Is put
ting Big Joe Corbett of Australia
via Boston in against Sockeye
Jack McDonald in the main event
of next Monday nights armory
wrestling program, he announced
today. Joe is returning after an
absence of several weeks, and
should make McDonald step.
Bob Kruse and Prince Mihali-
kls will tangle in the six-round
center affair, while Cliff Olsen
will face Soldier Joe Buccola,
wrestling instructor at Hamilton
field, In the four-round opener,
Salstrom. Granafo
Released by Salem
Salem, July 10 (IP) Phil
Salstrom and Johnny Granato.
shortstops for the Salem club of
the Western International base
ball league were given their
outright releases last night to
make room for Curly Robbe.
left-handed hitting shortstop op
tioned to Salem by the Los An
geles Angels of the Coast league.
Robbe will report here Satur
day.
HOW THEY?
STAND
By The Associated Press
National
W L Pet.
Brooklyn . J.53 21 .716
St. Louis 44 29 .603
Cincinnati 41 35 .339
New York 40 38 .513
Chicago 38 42 .475
Pittsburgh 34 41 .453
Boston 35 47 .427
Philadelphia 22 84 .289
American
New York 52 26 .662
Boston 47 30 .610
Cleveland ....45 36 .556
Detroit 44 39 .530
St. Louis 37 42 .468
Chicago 32 44 .421
Philadelphia 34 31 .400
Washington 29 31 .363
Pacific Coast
Sacramento 39 37 .615
Los Angeles 56 39 .389
San Diego 34 45 .545
San Francisco 48 44 .522
Seattle ....48 48 .500
Oakland 44 51 .463
Hollywood 41 59 .410
Portland 33 60 .355
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FOR LEAGUE LEAD
Dickinson To Oppose Haynes
In First Clash Lieber
Will Pitch Sunday's Tilt,
Manager Ernie Bishop's league
leading Klamath Falls Pelicans
Invade Medford this week-end
lor a two-game Oregon-California
loop series with the Craters
who, trailing the pace-setters by
one game, must capture both
contests In order to forge into
the top spot.
Saturday night's fracas starts
at 9 o clock sharp, that Sunday
aiiernoon at 2:30. Both tilts will
be played at the fairgrounds
park a short distance south on
the Pacific highway.
Virgil Haynes, rlghthanded
ace of the Klamath mound staff,
win oppose Pvt. Joe Dickinson
of the locals In the Saturday
evening battle. Haynes, a fire-
baller, has exercised a real Jinx
over the Craters this season. He
has beaten our boys twice, the
last time by a 14 to 2 tally with
only lour blows.
That was in Klamath Falls
June 27, and the loser was Dick
inson. In their second meeting
Saturday night Pvt. Joe will be
firing to even his score with the
Pelican flinger.
Benham Sunday
Kenny Benham. star of the
Whitman college hill corps, will
take care of the elbowing for
the Pelicans In Sunday s game,
while Manager Dutch Lieber
plans to toss for the Craters.
Lleber's arm, sore for the past
several weeks, Is slowly round
ing into shape again. In the dis
astrous Klamath series two
weeks ago Benham followed
Haynes to the mound and hurled
the Craters into a 10 to 2 set
back, with nine hits. The loser
was Lieber, so the skipper, like
Dickinson, wants revenge.
Klamath's lineup will see
Dixon back of the plate, Bishop
on first, Hampton on second.
Larson on short, Gross on third,
Hatfield in left, Paul Crapo in
center and Soran in right.
Medford's Saturday night line
up will find Norm Worthley
catching, Lieber on first, John
Gitzen on second. Jack Swaryck
on short, Don Fawcett on third,
Waite in left, Al Wray in center
and Paul Hoffard in right. Sun
day, with Lieber pitching, Waite
will move to first and Glen
Swanson will patrol left.
Catherwood Leaves
Dwight Catherwood, regular
left-fielder and cleanup hitter.
has left town to join the armed
forces.
The Pelicans, with one of
their best teams in years, will
be making their last 1942 ap
pearances in Medford. Thus far,
in the four games played be
tween the two clubs, Klamath
has copped three.
INTESTINAL ILL PUTS
SPEAKER IN HOSPITAL
Cleveland. July 10 Tris
Speaker. 54-year-old baseball
immortal, was reported "resting
comfortably" at Lakeside hospi
tal today. His condition became
grave unexpectedly yesterday.
Dr. Edward Castle said the for
mer outfielder suffered compli
cations from an intestinal per
foration. McDONALD
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Medford
Bud Ward Defends Title
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Corporal Marvin (Bud) Ward, was defending his two-time
Western Amateur golf championshan title in tha tournav at
Spokane. Wash. Ward Is shown
on the tough tree-lined Manlto
RED SOX, YANKS
By Austin Bealmaar
Associated Press Sports Writer
With long rests behind all of
them, pennant drives in front of
some of them and artificial light
round most of them, major
league pitchers enjoyed one of
their best days 'of the season
yesterday.
The masterpiece of the day
was the 11-lnning stint of Char
lie Wagner ,who held the De
troit Tigers to four blows in
pitching the Boston Red Sox to
2-1 decision in broad day
light.
The Red Sox needed the vic
tory to stay within four games
of the American league leading
new York Yankees, who drop
ped the St. Louis Browns. 5-2.
Hank Borowy kept his place at
the top of the circuit's pitching
ranks by holding the Browns to
six safeties.
Phil Marchlldon of the Phila
delphia Athletics whipped the
Cleveland Indians. 5-2, In a
night game. Marchlldon turned
In a five-hitter after a shaky
first inning.
In another night tilt on the
American league program, the
Chicago White Sox dumped the
Washington Senators. 4-2. as
Johnny Humphries hurled five
hit ball.
Whitlow Wyatt pitched and
batted the Brooklyn Dodgers to
a 3-2 decision over Johnny Van
der Meer and the Cincinnati
Reds.
While Wyatt was notching his
as water is to a
thirst-racked wanderer.
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driving one down tha fairway
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ninth victory against two de
feats under the lights at Cincin
nati, the St. Louis Cardinals
blanked the New York Giants.
9-0, to maintain their pace
eight and a half games behind
the first-place Dodgers in the
National league.
The Philadelphia Phils met a
similar fate at Pittsburgh,
where the Pirates whitewashed
them, 9-0, in a night game for
Army-Navy relief which drew
29,448 fans and a gate of
$36,308.51.
The Boston Braves and Chi
cago Cubs played the longest
game of the day, an afternoon
affair that ended when Buddy
Gremp smashed a home run in
the 13th inning to give the
Braves the nod, 4-3.
Scores Yesterday
(By the Associated Press)
Pacific Coast League
San Francisco 1, Hollywood 6
Los Angeles 6, Oakland 3 (10
Innings) .
Sacramento 5, San Diego 1
Seattle 3, Portland 2
American
St. Louis 2, New York 9
Detroit 1, Boston 2 (11 in
nings)
Chicago 4, Washington 2
Cleveland 2. Philadelphia S
National
Boston 4, Chicago 3 (13 in
nings)
Brooklyn 3, Cincinnati 2
Philadelphia 0, Pittsburgh 9
New York 0, St. Louis 9
Western International
Tacoma 8, Salem 3
Vancouver 5, Spokane 11
The Twin Cities, St. Paul and
Minneapolis, are going picknick-
Ing instead of Joyriding this
summer. Applications for pic
nics In parks which can be
reached by street car have
Jumped 20 per cent.
mind and body are weary,
more stimulating and in
vigorating; hat is more whole
some than a glass of really good
beer a light, mild, delicately
flavored bw..... a lippy, Ungy,
true Bohemian type Uger like
- Game Week-End Series
FIRST 2MATCHES
Rosand and Metzger Fall
Before Champ in Western
Amateur Golf Tourney.
By Russ Newland
Spokane, July 10 W) Mar
vin "Bud" Ward, who could be a
general Instead of an army cor
poral ii military ability was
measured In terms of golf. Is in
a playing slump and as third
round matches of the Western
Amateur championship got under
way today he wasn't exactly a
good bet to retain his title.
Between now and Sunday's 36-
hole finals some of the country's
topnotchers who are on their
games will cross the path of
tne national amateur and defend
ing western titlist.
Off Ward's second round show
ing yesterday he wouldn't stand
a chance against some of the
better linksmen he has been in
the habit of beating fairly easily
in the past.
Ward, medalist with 141 for
36 holes, won both his matches
but his dizzy scrambling was al
ternately the despair and Joy of
the gallery that trailed him into
woods and rough.
He defeated his first round
rival. Otto Rosand of SDokane.
7 and 6 and followed with a 3
and 2 win over Fritz Metzger
of Tacoma. Neither gave the
champ much of a tussle, which
helped, although Metzger had
his match square at the 11th
after tossing away two chances
with inaccurate putting.
Good Fishing Seen
for Jackson County
Portland, July 10 (JP Some
fair and some good fishing is in
prospect In Oregon waters this
week-end the state game com
mission reported today.
Limit trout catches have been
reported from the Nestucca
river, the Deschutes has been
yielding well and good catches
have been taken from Jackson
and Josephine county streams,
the bulletin said.
SUB FOR SUGAR
Hattiesburg, Miss. (U.R)
More than 278 south Mississippi
farmers are solving their sugar
problem by growing cane sor
ghum for syrup. Containing iron
and calcium, it can be used as a
sugar substitute on the table
and in cooking.
TRAINED
MECHANICS
QUALITY
MATERIALS
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a a a He u$es quality mate'
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service operations at reason
able rotes. . a a It pays to see
your Chevrolet dealer for
car-saving service because
ROGUE RIVER CHEVROLET
Hal Turpin Pitches
and Clouts Beavers
Into 3 to 2 Defeat
By The Associated Press
The San Francisco Seals need
players badly, especially pitch
ers, but they won't get Ira
Scribner, Seattle hurler, whom
the Rainiers tried to option on
a trial basis.
Judge W. G. Bramham, Na
tional association of minor
leagues director, ruled yester
day that one coast league club
can't option a player for a trial
period to another club In the
same league.
Scribner, who did not accom
pany the Seals for. a series at
Hollywood this week because of
a sore arm, is headed back to
the Rainiers.
Seattle's veteran hurler, Hal
Turpin, saved his own game at
Portland last night as he batted
In the tying and winning runs
and limited the Beavers to nine
hits to win, 3 to 2.
Seattle initiated scoring with
a lone tally in the second inning,
then permitted the Beavers to
forge ahead in the sixth, 2 to
1, after Rube Thompson hom
ered. Turpin singled In the seventh
to drive in the tying run and
repeated his performance in the
ninth to give the Rainiers the
victory.
Besides chalking up his 14th
win against four losses, Turpin
cracked out three hits in four
times at bat.
San Francisco bowed to Hol
lywood, 6 to 1, as Bob Joyce
one of six twirlers the Seals
have, allowed II hits.
The Sacramento Solons, also
playing in southern California,
defeated San Diego, 5 to 1.
Los Angeles, in second place
behind the Solons, went 10 in
nings with Oakland and won,
8 to 3.
Short score:
Seattle 3 10 4
Portland 2 9 1
Turpin and Beard; Orrell and
Mayer.
Fifty-one thousand tons of
blackplate have been saved by
cutting down its use in bottle
caps or enough to turn out
2.000,000 55-gallon drums for
shipment of oil to Australia.
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for years, Chevrolet dealers
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in servicing all makes and
models. . . . Better have a
check-up today.
NINTH AND BARTLITT STREETS
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Silverton, July 10 (JP) Tha
Portland Boilermakers contin
ued undefeated in state semi
pro baseball tournament play
last night with a 3-1 win over
the Portland FiremSh. It was
the first setback in the double
elimination .event for the Fire
fighters. Tonight's game pits the de
fending champions, Silverton,
against McElroy's of Portland.
Silverton has been defeated
once.
Score:
Boilermakers 3 7 S
Firemen 14 3
Windsor and Barker; Brown,
Bubalo and Roelandt,
Coal Shortage Seen
Winter Possibility
Washington, July 10 (Ph
Interior Secretary Ickes said to
day there was a growing possi
bility of a coal shortage next
winter, unless the public changes
what he described as its atti
tude of indifference to govern
ment appeals for summer pur
chase and storage of fuel.
New "danger spots" have de
veloped in the midwest and in
the Pacific Northwest, he said.
New England previously had
been described as a fuel emer
gency area.
Fights Last Night
By The Associated Press
Fall River, Mass. Davey
Crawford, 127, New York, out
pointed Victor Corchado, 128,
Puerto Rico, (10).
New York Jimmy Carollo,
192, Brooklyn, and Buddy
Moore, 192, New York, drew
(6).
Although civilian building hag
been halted, war construction is
booming at the rate of 12Vi bil
lion a year.
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